An Associate Professor in the Telugu Department of Osmania University, identified as Chintakindi Kaseem, was arrested by the Gajwel Police for his alleged close links with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI -Maoist) from Hyderabad District on January 18, reports The New Indian Express. Kaseem was arrested after Police conducted searches at his residence in the staff quarters of the University and seized banned Maoist literature, pamphlets, CDs and electronic equipment. As per the reports, Kaseem, who is also the editor of ‘Nadustunna Telangana’ magazine, was recently elected as the ‘secretary’ of the revolutionary writer’s association, ‘Virasam’. In 2016, he was booked under sedition charges by Mulugu Police.